Scots celebrate Euan Baird with a ceilidh, bagpipes and plenty of Highland flings.Bagpipes bagpipes Noun, pl a musical wind instrument in which sounds are produced in reed pipes by air from an inflated bag bagpipes npl → gaita sg bagpipes and Highland dress were the order of the day for the 50th Anniversary celebration of the American-Scottish Foundation at the annual Wallace Award Dinner presided over by Foundation president Alan L. Bain in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of this week. The annual event, which pays tribute to the achievements of Scottish and Scottish Americans, this year honored the prominent international businessman, Euan Baird. For over four decades, Baird worked with Schlumberger Ltd., serving as its chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. from 1986 to 2003. In addition he held the position of non-executive chairman of RollsRoyce plc from 2002 to 2004. He serves on the boards of ScottishPower plc, Societe Generale Group and Areva is a trustee of the Carnegie Institution of Washington  The introduction to this article may be too long. Please help improve the introduction by moving some material from it into the body of the article according to the suggestions at , a member of the French Prime Minister's Comite National de la Science and of the UK Prime Minister's Council of Science and Technology. Throughout his career, the Aberdeen, Scotland native has worked toward the expansion of cultural and business relationships between Scotland and the US. Accompanied by his wife Angelica and their children, Baird was presented the award by Alan Bain in the presence of a glittering crowd filled with Scottish and American Scottish notables thanks to the efforts of the evening's co-chairs Mrs. Stanley DeForest de·for·est tr.v. de·for·est·ed, de·for·est·ing, de·for·ests To cut down and clear away the trees or forests from. de·for Scott and Eleanor Taffner. The audience included 60 Minutes co-host Mike Wallace and his wife Mary. Master of Ceremonies was Alasdair H. Hutton O.B.E., T.D. Following dinner and the award ceremony there was an old fashioned ceilidh cei·lidh n. An Irish or Scottish social gathering with traditional music, dancing, and storytelling. [Irish Gaelic céilidhe, from Old Irish célide, visit, from céle, . |
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